XPS 8700, A12 BIOS, sluggish performance

Made a big mistake installing the A12 bios. My computer is very sluggish and performance is terrible now. It won't let me reinstall the A11 bios as that feature to downgrade has been removed in the A12 bios. Bad move Dell. There's nothing in the bios now since A12 was installed to allow me to return to the A11 or allow it to be reinstalled. Anyone know a way of fixing this boat anchor and get the A11 bios back?

Re: XPS 8700 A12 Bios PROBLEM

I agree, big problem! I did the same thing and it won't let me downgrade to A11. Sluggish, slow, delayed response. And, the BIOS update was listed as "Urgent"! This is giving me headaches. Would really hope that tech support would realize this and provide as solution, fast!

Re: XPS 8700 A12 Bios PROBLEM

How do you do that?* Do you mean enter BIOS? If yes, restart, press F2.

Is there any recourse now?* No. The A12 was locked to not allow back flashing to older versions.

Dell, how can we fix all this mess?* I have sent an email to the platform team. Most likely all you can do is await a new BIOS release. Even if they started today, it will take time to write a new BIOS. They first have to replicate the issue in house on their XPS 8700. Then move on to a fix.

Re: XPS 8700, A12 BIOS, sluggish performance

I need Dell to provide a link so I can go back to Bios A11. I can't wait for them to realize they have caused a serious slowdown with their A12 Bios update. I have 2 Dell XPS 8700 and the one without the upgrade will run a simple virus scan about 10 times faster. Please don't Drag this on and on.